Can Newcastle win the title?
Five wins and a draw in the last six games, adding this four-goal destruction through Aston Villa on Saturday afternoon, and Toon enthusiasts were making a song their dream and Eddie Howe was being asked unforeseen questions.
“We’re Newcastle, and we’re going to win the league. . . “, roared Geordie’s crowd, still with a hint of wild optimism and sarcasm, as Howe’s side fell five-time Manchester City champions, cementing fourth place.
The answer is probably no, but Pep Guardiola says they are “candidates to be there” and “are already in the most sensible four” and a club that has not won the league since 1927 will laugh looking to combine in the most sensible. .
Callum Wilson led the charge, bringing his total to six goals in nine starts against Gareth Southgate. A call for the World Cup is approaching. Joelinton and Miguel Almiron also scored. And Unai Emery has realised the illnesses he will inherit at Villa this week, and also the ones he could have been guilty of, as St James’ Park held a dominant display in the current half.
Howe’s team has 24 problems and it’s not even November. Six starters from that team took until Feb. 19 to succeed overall last season. Howe joked: “Champions League?We have been exceptional. He depends there with one of the most productive performances of the season. We know where we are and what we are in. We scored some wonderful goals. “
On Wilson’s hopes in England, he added: “You have to take him, he’s an exceptional striker. “
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Wilson said, “It was a wonderful performance. In the middle of the moment, we left them speechless. We don’t get carried away. We will have to maintain this form. I have said many times that I will not communicate about my path in Team England. . . I will let my performances be communicated. “
Wilson took the honours by putting Newcastle ahead with a penalty six minutes into the first half of extra time. Joe Willock loaded the ball for 40 yards and cut inside. Wilson fed Almiron, whose shot blocked through an arm of Ashley Young and referee Paul Tierney promptly kicked the shot.
Wilson replaced backup Robin Olsen for his fifth goal in nine starts this season. His sixth of the season came after the 56th minute, a shot from the bright and cheeky spot that is a trademark of assistant boss Jason Tindale.
Kieran Trippier took a short corner with Almiron, who deflected off the goal but slid to the right in space. He hung a cross in the small area that Wilson forced home with his head. Villa’s power in the first half was gone and 3 minutes later, Newcastle was reduced to 3.
While Southgate watched Wilson, Trippier, Ollie Watkins and Tyrone Mings, Brazil’s boss, Tite, was also in town, illustrating Newcastle’s developing stature. He photographed Friday dining at a Rio steakhouse in Jesmond, with midfielder Bruno Guimaraes.
It didn’t look like the fit Joelinton had won an invitation, and it was a wonderful opportunity to make an expired bid for the Brazil team. But he turned heads for a place in Qatar, with his brutal play in action and his goal in the 59th minute.
Newcastle escaped from their own box, with Guimaraes claiming the ball, Joe Willock threw to Wilson for a shot Olsen couldn’t contain, allowing Joelinton to weigh the rebound for the first time of the season.
Naturally, Almirón’s goal sought to take part in the action and evoked some other cracker. The Paraguayan rolled left-footed into the right corner for 20 yards, his sixth in six games. Wilson denied a hat-trick down the crossbar before being substituted and joking, “I’m not satisfied with that!”with the bench.
The long era of injuries in the first half product of goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez suffered a head injury due to a knee to the head and Buendía for a shot.
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